CMO wants tech change on climate change
The NHS in England should increasingly make services available remotely to slow the impact of climate change on health, the Chief Medical Officer has recommended. In his final annual report as CMO, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson identifies climate change as a key area of action for public health. Sir Liam argues that communications technology could […]
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Further delays to full flu line service
The full version of the National Pandemic Flu Service may not be available in October as originally planned, despite the chief medical officer predicting that a second wave of swine flu is on its way. Health minister Gillian Merron told the House of Commons in July that the enhanced web and telephone-based NPFS would be available […]
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Hi-tech features in 150th CMO report
The chief medical officer’s annual report has highlighted the need for surgeons to be trained using simulation techniques. The report, published by Professor Sir Liam Donaldson yesterday, devotes a chapter to simulation and says that surgeons trained using simulation methods make fewer errors and carry out technically more exact procedures. However, it says that although […]
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Anger at CMO’s request to forward opt-out coupons
England’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has written to all GPs asking them to forward to the Department of Health any letters from patients wanting to opt out of the NHS Care Records Service. The letter has enraged GP representatives who claim it would be a gross breach of privacy to forward letters from […]
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Deputy CMO joins national programme
Deputy chief medical officer, Aidan Halligan, has joined the National Programme for IT, taking personal responsibility for delivering clinical engagement and for realising the benefits of improved decision making, quality of treatment and patient safety. The appointment was announced by health minister, John Hutton, on the opening day of Healthcare Computing 2004 in Harrogate. Dr Halligan […]
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